Bridges & Viaducts I Quiz

Here are some pictures of spectacular Bridges and Viaducts, all in the UK.
One clue beneath each picture of the county they’re to be found in.
One point for each one correctly identified.

1
Between Northumberland/Durham
2
In Dumfries & Galloway
3
In North Devon
4
In Shropshire
5
In Northamptonshire
6
In North Yorkshire
7
In Berkshire
8
In South Gloucestershire
9
In Hertfordshire
10
In Cornwall
11
In Gwynedd
12
In Northumberland

Some of these are difficult ! So good luck !

[Herr von Puebik]

5 Harringworth Viaduct
10 Brunels Bridge at Saltash over the River Tamar

thedriver said:

5 Harringworth Viaduct
10 Brunels Bridge at Saltash over the River Tamar

5 Harringworth Viaduct, also known as the Welland Viaduct, which was completed in 1879. It is one of the longest in the country. Thought you might know that one ! 1pt

10 Comprehensive answer, worth an extra bonus point.

[glow=red,2,300]Herr van Puebik 3pts[/glow]

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

1. Swing Bridge at Newcastle upon tyne, viewed in wrong direction. If picture had been shown in opposite direction everyone would guess it as the Tyne Bridge is alongside it.
If you have Quicktime then try this interactive view. www.portoftyne.co.uk/sitepage.aspx?id=132

It was Constructed from 1868-76 it is electric/hydraulic operation and positioned between Tyne and High Level bridges.


12. Langley Viaduct at Haltwhistle, Tynedale

KP gets off the mark with a matching performance to H/V/P's.
2pts for the first one, as the swing bridge is in the foreground and the High Level Bridge is in the background, and both were named.

And one point for the answer to Q12), the Lambley - or Langley - Viaduct, which is within a few feet tall of the High Level Bridge, and which had some restoration work done on it in 1996.

It's roughly half-way between Haltwhistle and Alston :
sine.ncl.ac.uk/sine_search_map.asp?di=4577&clickbehaviour=centreonstructs
I can't be certain, but I believe it's also known as Langley (despite being at Lambley) is to avoid confusion with another Lambley village which is in Nottinghamshire.

Leaderboard:

1= H/V/P 3pts
1= KPringle 3pts

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

I cannot be sure on the truth of this but next to Haltwhistle is Langley Manor (I fitted a raingauge there 12 years ago), I think this house/owner/money or something was involved in the construction originally. That was how I knew of the Viaduct :) Funnily there is also another Langley Viaduct as well in Teesdale.
Doing weather stations and raingauges took me everywhere around Northumberland from Otterburn Camp (had pass) through Kielder and all the way down to North Yorkshire.

[Lord Cheeky]

3) Chelfham Viaduct
4) Albert Edward Bridg
6) River Nidd Viaduct
7) Maidhead Railway Bridge
11) Menai bridge
12) Lambley Railway Viaduct

Lord Cheeky takes the lead !
3) 7) 11) correctly named; but 12) has gone (to KP)......

Well done especially with your answer to number 4) - not to be confused with Abraham Darby's Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale, built (in a side valley for the Iron Works) in 1778:
www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Iron_Bridge_at_Coalbrookdale.html

This one, at Ironbridge, crossing the Severn, was designed by Sir John Fowler and built in 1864. Here's another pic:

Finally, No 6) correctly identified as the River Nidd viaduct. You forgot to say it was at Knaresborough, but never mind, you get the point anyway as it is my favourite !

Leaderboard:

1. Lord Cheeky 5pts
2= H/V/P 3pts
2= KPringle 3pts

[Herr von Puebik]

2 Solway viaduct linking Annan with Bowness
8 Stanway viaduct
9 Digswell viaduct

2. Hmm, a Solway viaduct, nice sentiment. Unfortunately it ain't there no more. Check out this extract from the Cumbria News:
In 1869 a rail line, the Solway Junction Railway, was opened between Bowness and Annan in Scotland. It connected to the Maryport and Carlisle railway. The one-mile-plus-176-yards-long iron girder viaduct across the water was damaged by an ice build-up in 1875 and in 1881. It was repaired and continued in use until 1914 for passengers, and until 1921 for freight. In 1934 it was demolished, with only a bit of stonework and a few iron piers surviving. Besides the usual safety concerns, there was also the consideration of the Scots who crossed on Sunday to buy alcoholic beverages in England and then returned across the viaduct while inebriated. Apparently some disappeared into the waters.

8. Not right either, but I can give you half a point for naming a fine example in Gloucestershire. Unfortunately this one is in the north-east of the county, the one I'm after is in the south-east.

9. Digswell Viaduct, well done. Also known as the Welwyn Viaduct, it crosses the River Mimram.

1.5 points to be added. 2) and 8) still to get.

Leaderboard:

1. Lord Cheeky 5pts
2. H/V/P 4.5pts
3. KPringle 3pts

[Lord Cheeky]

2) Water of Fleet viaduct or Ribblehead Viaduct
8) St Catherines viaduct or Winterbourne Viaduct

cheeky said:

2) Water of Fleet viaduct or Ribblehead Viaduct
8) St Catherines viaduct or Winterbourne Viaduct

Well done, the last two points are both 'Cheeky' ones.
For the record, the 'Big Water of Fleet' viaduct runs to/from Loch Grannock to/from Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth.

Final placings:
1. Lord Cheeky 7pts
2. H/V/P 4.5pts
3. KPringle 3pts